TAP want to fly to Canada in 2018 – TVI24

TAP want to fly to Canada in 2018, which will be possible with the arrival of the first of 53 aircraft purchased by the Portuguese airline Airbus announced Trey Urbahn administrator during the exhibition interior plane, held in Hamburg, where it was announced that the Portuguese airline will be the first to operate the new aircraft A330.

“it’s on the plane flying to Canada, but is not yet closed when “

Speaking to journalists, Trey Urbahn said that the strengthening of the fleet with the arrival of the first airplanes scheduled for the last quarter of 2017 will allow to expand the network served by TAP, and Canada one of the company’s priorities led by Fernando Pinto.

No need a date for the start of operations to Canada, the administrator explained that the goal is to start with connections to Montreal, with smaller aircraft ( A320) ,. In a second stage, the idea is to ensure connections to Toronto.

Inside the cabin Airspace, which will equip new A330-900neo aircraft, the administrator TAP explained that company have been chosen to make the first flight will be very positive:. “All operators will be looking at the first plane”

A330-800neo and A330-900neo planes are the two new Airbus aircraft launched in July 2014, whose first deliveries are scheduled to begin in late 2017.

in November 2015, TAP announced the order with Airbus for 53 Widebody aircraft and single-aisle, including 14 A320neo A330-900neo and 39, replacing order previously made of 12 A350 neo by A330.

the administration of TAP refused to give amounts of investment in fleet renewal, but the list price, the 14 planes A330-900 neo represent an investment of EUR 3,500 million, since each of these aircraft costs 287 million dollars (253 million), the list price, which is then re-negotiated in each contract.